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Passenger held in bomb threat

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A bomb threat diverted an American Eagle commuter jet to Dulles International Airport near Washington on Saturday, officials said.

The incident occurred on Flight 4959 from LaGuardia Airport in New York after a passenger passed a note about a bomb on board to a flight attendant, a Transportation Security Administration spokesman said.

Nobody was harmed, and the passenger was taken into custody, an FBI official said.

"There was no indication that this incident was terrorism-related and was nothing more than the unreasonable demands of a disturbed passenger," Assistant Director Michael Mason said.

Mason said the passenger had demanded to be flown to Australia. The plane was scheduled to land at Reagan National Airport, close to downtown Washington.